A uniquely modern human pattern of endocranial development. Insights from a new cranial reconstruction of the Neandertal newborn from Mezmaiskaya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-313

  Gunz, Philipp ^a   Neubauer, Simon ^a   Golovanova, Lubov ^b   Doronichev, Vladimir ^b   Maureille, Bruno ^c   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Laboratory of Prehistory   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Endocast; Geometric morphometrics; Le Moustier 2; Mezmaiskaya; Procrustes; Semilandmarks

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CRANIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; ONTOGENY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADYGEA; MEZMAISKAYA CAVE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; PAN;

EID: 84856549547     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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